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Environment - Florida Newsmakers of the Year
• EXTREME TEMPERATURES
Statewide, the opening months of the year were the coldest in Florida's history, while July through September ranked as the warmest, according to state meteorologist David Zierden.
Record: Miami,
Jan. 11: 36 degrees
Record: Tallahassee,
14 consecutive mornings below freezing
Record: Tampa,
Jan. 11: 25 degrees
Record: Vero Beach,
March 5: 33 degrees
Record: Orlando, Oct. 26: 92 degrees
Record: Miami, where the weather station at the Miami International Airport logged a summer average of 85.17 degrees, the hottest since the city began keeping records in 1895.
Record: Daily maximum temperatures in the West Palm Beach area reached or exceeded 90 degrees on 79 days.
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